The girls of Murder City
fame, lust, and the beautiful killers who inspired Chicago
Discusses the surge of murders by women in Chicago in 1924, highlighting the killers who inspired the play "Chicago" and its subsequent movie and musical adaptations, and introduces girl reporter Maurine Watkins who became embroiled in the cases and dedicated herself to exposing the tendency of the all-male juries to go easy on women--especially the pretty ones.
Penguin
2011
9780143119227
book
Holdings
| hid | mid | miid | nid | wid | location_code | location | barcode | callnum | dewey | created | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1388862 | 5047705 | 2334 | 534493 | 730201 | RHHS | 404 | RHHS62203 | 364.152 PER | 364.15 | 1581465224 | 1736518457 |